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In ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' story {{cs|Death of the Doctor (TV story)}} the [[Eleventh Doctor]] noted that his racial characteristics were not limited to white; he "can be anything". Although both actors to play [[K'anpo Rimpoche]] were Caucasian, [[Kevin Lindsay]] donned an accent and was made up to appear ethnically [[Tibetan]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Spiders (TV story)}}) [[Romana II|Romana]] was seen to regenerate into a blue-skinned form in [[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]''. [[Rassilon]] has been portrayed by white actors [[Richard Mathews]], [[Timothy Dalton]] and [[Donald Sumpter]] on-screen while black actor [[Don Warrington]] was Rassilon's voice actor and cover-art model in [[Big Finish]] ''Doctor Who'' audio stories. In {{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}}, [[River Song]]'s second incarnation was black, while her first (in {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}} / {{cs|Day of the Moon (TV story)}} and {{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}}) and third and last (appearing throughout [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 4]], [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|5]], [[Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|6]], [[Series 7 (Doctor Who 2005)|7]], and [[Series 9 (Doctor Who)|9]]) were white. Further, [[the General]]'s eleventh regeneration was from a white man into a black woman. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Hell Bent (TV story)}}) One of [[Rindle]]'s incarnations had darker skin than several previous incarnations. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lady in the Lake (audio story)|The Lady in the Lake]]'') [[Karlax]] regenerated into a body that had darker coloured skin than his previous body. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'').